Kenton County News

COVINGTON - Former Covington Business Council executive director Beth Sewell is formally kicking off her campaign for Kenton County Fiscal Court Friday marching in three Fourth of July parades.

Gov. Steve Beshear called Kentucky lawmakers to Frankfort last month to deal with a $1 billion budget deficit.

A local funeral home director says the downturn of the economy is leading to an increase in indigent burials.

HEBRON - Gov. Steve Beshear, smarting from the defeat of his casino bill earlier this week, plans to go after the Senate Republicans he says killed the gambling legislation.

COVINGTON - Business leaders in Northern Kentucky's largest city are salivating over the prospect of having 2,500 new college students in their downtown.

The eight counties that make up Northern Kentucky notched an unemployment rate of 10.1 percent in May, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training.

City commissioners on Tuesday took a step toward creating a six-month demolition moratorium in the area that was the city's original business district, just south of the Roebling Suspension Bridge.

A Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly trying to entice an underage girl in Kentucky over the internet.

Tim Menoher, of Erlanger, finished the 3.1 mile race in just 15:33, making him the winner of the Librarya s 5K, which benefits early childhood literacy.

The sixth annual Kenton County Public Library Foundation Racing to Read 5K Run & Walk, presented by U.S. Bank brought nearly 1,000 participants and volunteers to downtown Covington on Saturday, June 13.

Covington is sticking with its own emergency 911 dispatch system. City commissioners have approved a resolution to that effect.

Kenton County Deputies have reopened Eastbound I-275 at Kentucky 16 in Taylor Mill after a bad crash.

CRESCENT SPRINGS -- Kenton County Commissioner Kris Knochelmann has announced he'll seek a second term on Kenton Fiscal Court next year.

Doug Wright, commonwealth's attorney for Harrison, Robertson, Nicholas and Pendleton counties, was killed Monday night when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on U.S. 27, multiple sources have told The Enquirer.

Tuesday, Kenton Fiscal Court approved a number of board appointments. Steven Charles Corry will serve a three-year term on the Independence Fire District Board, effective July 1; Steve Hatfield and Richard Robinson were reappointed to four-year terms on the Kenton County Airport Board, retroactive to June 3; Jean Miller was reappointed to a ...

Police in Northern Kentucky are able to track down a wanted sex offender after his car gets repossessed.

BURLINGTON - A cab driver has been charged with raping a woman he drove home Sunday morning.

Late Tuesday afternoon Kentucky State Police charged a truck driver for the crash that killed the Commonwealth Attorney for Pendleton County.

The tree killing insect was found in traps setup in ash trees in Covington and Crescent Springs.

Web Produced By: Ian Preuth Email: ian.preuth@wcpo.com Contributor: Jessica Noll Last Update: 4:44 pm Mobarek Cheurfa A Northern Kentucky man who works as a cab driver is charged with raping a woman he drove home over the weekend.